Australia and the international community would be "happy" with today's verdict of alleged Bali bomber Imam Samudra, the chief judge in the trial said yesterday.

Judge I Wayan Sugawa said the verdict will show that "Indonesia has been serious in handling this terrorist case".

Samudra, 33, has been charged with participating in the Bali bombings and a second bomb attack on a church on Batam Island in 2000.

He is also accused of providing guns and transport to five men and helping them plan an armed robbery on a jewellery store in West Java in August last year in order to raise funds for terrorist attacks. A woman was shot during the robbery.

If convicted, he faces death by firing squad.

"He is the one who has a high intellect," the chief judge said. "He can use laptop computers and others cannot. Knowing he was wanted (by police), he used many aliases and always moved to other places."

The prosecution alleges Samudra, a former clothes seller, played a pivotal, supervisory role in the Bali bombings. He is said to have recruited the two suicide bombers, issued tasks via SMS mobile phone messages and scoured Denpasar in September last year before deciding to carry out the Kuta attack.

"He is dishonest," the chief judge said. "For example, about the Batam case, he denied that he entered the church, but the witness saw him."

Several people praying on Christmas Eve suffered severe injuries when the bomb, disguised as a present, exploded in the small church.

"Australians go to hell," was Samudra's parting shot on the eve of his sentencing.

He also called for death to "Jews and other missionaries" before repeatedly yelling "Allahu Akbar" (God is Great) as he was led into police headquarters yesterday. He later yelled, "I am not scared to die," as he was placed in a prison van.

Police said yesterday that Samudra had boycotted the court process and the continuing investigation into the Kuta attack, which killed 202 people and injured more than 160.

He also is refusing to talk to investigators, according to police, and it is believed he has said he will refuse to testify against any of the co-accused.

Judge Sugawa said that he and his four fellow judges were ready to deliver their 333-page verdict, which is expected to take seven hours to read in court today. It includes quotes from five religions.

A Hindu, Judge Sugawa revealed that he prayed at six main temples across Bali before the trial, asking for protection and guidance.

"I feel that the (bad) magic that tried to attack me was swept away by the gods," he said.